As you have probably noticed, the forum looks different now. This is because I've finally performed a pain-in-the-ass but much needed update to take us from the final PHPBB v3.0.x release to v3.2.1 (yes, we skipped v3.1 entirely)

What does this mean for the forum?

Improved security measures, which should mean less spambots

New features from the latest PHPBB

We can now install extensions on the forum to add funky new features. I've already installed an additional anti-spambot registration measure, and added a rules page extension (nothing fancy, common sense behaviour)

If you notice anything not working as expected with the forums, please let me know.

I also had to upgrade the site's PHP version from v5.4 to v5.6, so there is a good chance i may have broken features on the main website also (It flat out refused to run on PHP 7 so lets hope we don't need to upgrade to that )